嘆氣

See also: 叹气

Chinese

		to sigh	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (嘆氣/歎氣)		嘆/歎	氣
simp. (叹气)		叹	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taan³ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàn-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàncì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: tàn-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannchih
    • Palladius: таньци (tanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànqìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàncìr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-chʻi⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: tàn-chìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tannchiell
    • Palladius: таньцир (tanʹcir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiə̯ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan³ hei³
    • Yale: taan hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn³³ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-khì
    • Tâi-lô: thàn-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarnqix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

嘆氣

1. to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh; to let out a sigh

   你怎麼老嘆氣呀？ [MSC, trad.]
   你怎么老叹气呀？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zěnme lǎo tànqì ya? [Pinyin]

   Why do you keep sighing?

Synonyms

• 吐氣／吐气 (Hokkien)
• 咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
• 喘氣／喘气 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嘆息／叹息 (tànxī)
• 太息 (tàixī) (literary)
• 打咳聲／打咳声 (Harbin)

 

Derived terms

• 唉聲嘆氣／唉声叹气 (āishēngtànqì)